the one and only

the only person or thing of this type And now we'll hear a song by the one and only Elvis Presley. This is the one and only website dedicated to French fries.

Usage notes: used to emphasize that there could not be another like this one

Related vocabulary: none other than somebody/something

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Allegra	ə-LEG-rə (English), ahl-LE-grah (Italian)	English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Iosif	ee-O-seef (Russian), YO-seef (Romanian)	Russian, Romanian, Greek
Ninette	-	French
Eerikki	E:-reek-kee	Finnish
Metrophanes	-	Ancient Greek
Earleen	URL-een	English (Rare)